A police officer who fired 14 shots in the fatal shooting of
a Hastings teenager believed he and his fellow officers would
die in a barrage of gun fire, a coroner's court has heard.
New Zealand's first artificial surf reef now appears to have
been a complete wipe-out, with authorities deciding to remove
the $1.5 million development at Mt Maunganui just a decade
after its construction began.
Hurricanes coach Mark Hammett has largely kept the status quo
with his Hurricanes line-up for Friday's game against the
Blues at Westpac Stadium in Wellington.
The man who has admitted murdering Christchurch community
support worker Amy Farrall, then attacking two female
hitch-hikers on the West Coast was on parole at the time of
his crime spree and had been out of prison only six months.
